Dukasaur wrote:Phase 5]Phase 520 players in 4 groups will play 5-player games on the Clandemonium map. The first player eliminated in each game is out of the tournament. The remainder will go on to the next round.

1. I find round limits distort strategy. You get people playing for the round limit instead of playing to win. I'm starting to accept them as a necessary evil, but I still don't like them.2. No Spoils games are inherently slow. In escalating you can say that if someone hasn't made their move by round 15 they're not going to, but in No Spoils someone may in fact be building for 20 or 30 rounds with the full intention of launching a major offensive after that, and it might require two or three major offensives to bring it home.

All that being said, I am interested in keeping my customers happy, so if we get a number of you asking for a shorter round limit I'm willing to put my personal feelings aside and yield to popular demand.

2013-01-01 08:12:17 - Dukasaur: okay, here's what's happening:2013-01-01 08:12:42 - Dukasaur: coreykm has declined 2 consec. invites and is out2013-01-01 08:12:59 - Dukasaur: the usual rule for replacement cannot be applied2013-01-01 08:13:13 - Dukasaur: Therefore I'm jumping into this game to get it started2013-01-01 08:13:32 - Dukasaur: I WILL be playing to win, but I will NOT be entering the tournament2013-01-01 08:14:12 - Dukasaur: coreykm counts as the player eliminated, so all of you are safe from elimination2013-01-01 08:14:42 - Dukasaur: We still have to play it out, however, so that if any of you are chasing the GA medal for most wins you get your fair shot at a win here.

For anybody who's wondering, the "usual rule for replacement" in this tourney series has been that I resurrect the person who was eliminated in the disappeared player's last successfully-joined game. In this case, however, the player eliminated from coreykm's last game would be J_Indr, who was eliminated not in the game but for losing premium status, and who cannot be resurrected.

Dukasaur wrote:Phase 714 players in 2 groups will play 7-player games on the Rorke's Drift map. The first player eliminated in each game is out of the tournament. The remainder will go on to the next round.

Games have been created and invitations sent out. Good luck, everyone!